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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Heidi begin her path toward feminism?
(a) Diving in with both feet.
(b) Aggressively.
(c) Questioning authority.
(d) As a passive creature, waiting to see what would happen.

2. What is Peter's current occupation in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Pediatrician with a thriving practice.
(c) Consultant.
(d) Author.

3. What does Heidi say about one of the paintings by artist that she is critical of?
(a) You have to wait around to see what happens.
(b) The subject is too boring.
(c) The painting has no depth.
(d) The color scheme is too bold.

4. Three years after the high school dance, who is Heidi campaigning for?
(a) George Bush.
(b) Eugene McCarthy.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Bill Clinton.

5. Scoop is an editor for which newspaper?
(a) Women United.
(b) Brotherhood United.
(c) Los Angeles Times.
(d) Liberated Earth News.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade does the high school take place?

2. What is Becky's story?

3. Why does Becky question Jill when Jill makes her offer?

4. What does Scoop do to Heidi at the party?

5. What does Heidi tell the young man who asks her to dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lisa do to save face at her wedding reception?

2. What is Heidi doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What does Scoop possess that Heidi wishes she had more of? What does she question?

4. Scoop Rosenbaum takes a sweeping view of Heidi's personality characteristics. Overall, what are Scoop's feelings towards Heidi? What does he admire?

5. What is the significance of "Ladies Choice" at the dance?

6. How does Heidi react to Susan's instructions?

7. By reading the Prologue, what facts do we learn about Heidi and the play in general?

8. What is the background of Lisa, Scoop's new wife?

9. Describe the subject Heidi discusses in her class in 1989.

10. Susan gives Heidi very specific instructions on behavior at the dance. What instructions does Susan give Heidi?

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